Kinnon MacKinnon
Assistant Professor
Email: kinnonmk@yorku.ca
Media Requests Welcome
Kinnon Ross MacKinnon is a social scientist who studies transgender medicine, including how sexual and gender minority populations access and experience hormonal/surgical interventions. Drawing from critical theoretical and empirical training, Kinnon's research investigates the social and structural dimensions of care delivery. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed academic papers and book chapters, including within the British Journal of Social Work, the BMJ, Critical Public Health, Social Science and Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Kinnon's social work practice background includes support group facilitation in the areas of gender-affirming surgery, queer/trans youth, and eating disorders. In 2023, he was recognized by York University with a Research Leaders award.
Prior to joining YorkU as Assistant Professor, Kinnon completed a BA in gender studies (St. Mary's University), a BSW (York University), an MSW (Toronto Metropolitan University), and a PhD in Public Health Sciences (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto).
Degrees
PhD, University of TorontoMSW, Toronto Metropolitan University (Ryerson)
BSW, York University
BA, Saint Mary's University
Research Interests
- American Psychological Association's "Editor's Choice" article (co-authored article with F. Ashley)) - 2024
- LA&PS Research Leaders, YorkU - 2023
- SSHRC Impact, Talent, National Finalist - 2018
- Highest Rated Research Presentation, The Wilson Centre, U of T - 2018
- 2SLGBTQ+ Knowledge Mobilization, Institute of Gender and Health, CIHR - 2018
- Top 25 SSHRC Storytellers - 2016
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship - 2015-2019
Current Research Projects
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Summary:
- American Psychological Association's "Editor's Choice" article (co-authored article with F. Ashley)) - 2024
- LA&PS Research Leaders, YorkU - 2023
- SSHRC Impact, Talent, National Finalist - 2018
- Highest Rated Research Presentation, The Wilson Centre, U of T - 2018
- 2SLGBTQ+ Knowledge Mobilization, Institute of Gender and Health, CIHR - 2018
- Top 25 SSHRC Storytellers - 2016
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship - 2015-2019
Funded by a SSHRC Insight grant, this mixed-methods study will examine experiences of detransition in Canada and the United States.
Start Date:
- Month: Sep Year: 2023
End Date:
- Month: Sep Year: 2025
Funders:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
-
Summary:
Funded by a SSHRC Connection grant, our team objectives are to share recent research, engage in dialogue, and to develop a community-engaged and data-driven support resource on detransition/retransition. This resource will offer information to support care providers, organizations and people with experiences of detransition. Our goal is to translate and mobilize data-driven knowledge to understand and to address this gap in gender care.
To achieve this goal, we held a public symposium and community consultation at York University in November 2022. We disseminated and discussed the results of two discreet studies conducted in 2021-2022—led by different Canadian research teams—the Re/DeTrans Canada study and the Detrans Discourses study. We gathered and analyzed feedback from detrans/retrans, trans, nonbinary, and other gender minority groups, along with other end knowledge users such as care providers and 2SLGBTQ organizations.
As demonstrated by both studies’ results, people need more supports when shifting or reversing a gender transition as they negotiate complex social/community relations, health and/or legal systems, misunderstanding and stigma surrounding detransition. Some detransitioners have complicated feelings such as regret about past medical decisions or medical/surgical complications, grief about their transitioned body, and new forms of gender dysphoria (e.g., “reverse dysphoria”). Individuals may require a mixture of psychological and community-based social supports (e.g., a therapeutic environment to explore and clarify identity), as well as primary healthcare (e.g., support in stopping or changing hormones), together with nuanced appreciation for the experiences of detransition.
Our symposium presentations are available here: https://www.youtube.com/@redetranscanada
Description:Our full project team includes:
Drs. Kinnon R. MacKinnon, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, June Lam, Lori Ross, Hannah Kia, Melanie Millette, and Olivier Turbide, together with PhD candidates Ariel Gould and Florence Ashley
Start Date:
- Month: Jul Year: 2022
End Date:
- Month: Jul Year: 2023
-
Summary:
The Re/DeTrans Canada study is a qualitative, interview-based study led by Dr. Kinnon MacKinnon (Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, York University). The project seeks to build knowledge and supports for detransitioners, retransitioners, people who stop transitioning, and those who experience shifts in gender identity after initiating a gender transition. The full research team is composed of Drs. Alex Abramovich, Hannah Kia, Travis Salway, Ashley Lacombe-Duncan, Lori Ross, along with PhD candidate, Florence Ashley and research assistant, Gabriel Enxuga
Description:Our study objective is to examine how people experience shifts in gender identity, transition and detransition processes (social, legal, medical), and overall healthcare needs. We also aim to develop better guidance for care providers who work with trans, detransitioned, and other gender diverse populations who change the direction of their gender transitions. This project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Insight Development).
Start Date:
- Month: Aug Year: 2021
End Date:
- Month: Aug Year: 2023
-
Summary:
This project responds to care providers' needs for information on detransition. The objectives of this project are as follows:
• To identify the psychosocial support needs of people who detransition;
• To develop recommendations for care providers who work in gender-affirming care (e.g., physicians, psychologists and social workers).
This project is funded by a York University SSHRC Explore grant.
Start Date:
- Month: Jun Year: 2021
End Date:
- Month: Jun Year: 2022
MacKinnon, K.R. (2018). “Biopower and the medicalization of gender-variance: A foucauldian analysis of trans subjectivity.” In O. Gozlen (Ed). Current Critical Debates in the Field of Transsexual Studies: In Transition. Oxford, UK: Routledge.
MacKinnon, K.R. (2017). “An introduction to five exceptional trans athletes from around the world” in E. Anderson and A. Travers (Eds), Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport. New York: Routledge.
MacKinnon, K.R., Kia, H., Gould, W.A., Ross, L.E., Abramovich, A., & Lam, J.H.S. (2023). A typology of pathways to gender detransition: Considerations for care practices with transgender and gender-diverse people who stop or reverse their gender transition. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
Accepted and forthcoming
MacKinnon, KR, Gould, WA, Kia, H, Ashley, F, Enxuga, G & Ross, LE. (2022). (De)Transphobia: Examining the socio-politically driven gender minority stressors experienced by people who detransitioned. Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies.
Gould, W.A., MacKinnon, K.R., Lam, J.H.S., Abramovich, A. & Ross, L.E. (2023). Detransition narratives trouble the simple attribution of madness in transantagonistic contexts: A qualitative analysis of 16 Canadians’ experiences. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09838-0
MacKinnon, KR, Exposito-Campos, P, WA Gould. (2023). Detransition needs further understanding, not controversy. The BMJ, 381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-073584
Kia, H., MacKinnon, KR., Goncu, K. (2022). Harnessing the lived experience of trans and gender diverse people as practice knowledge in social work: A standpoint analysis. Affilia. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099221142040
MacKinnon, KR, Kia, H, Salway, T, Ashley, F, Lacombe-Duncan, A., Abramovich, A., Enxuga, G. & Ross, LE. (2022) Healthcare experiences of patients discontinuing or reversing prior gender-affirming treatments. JAMA Network Open 5(7)
Kinitz, D., MacKinnon, K, Kia, H, MacEachen, E, Gesink, D, Ross, L. (2022). Mapping low-wage and precarious employment among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries: A scoping review protocol. University of Toronto Journal of Public Health 3(2). https://doi.org/10.33137/utjph.v3i2.37455
Verbeek, W, Baici, W, MacKinnon, KR, Zaheer, J & Lam, SHJ. (2022). “Mental Readiness” and Gatekeeping in Trans Healthcare. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437221102725
MacKinnon, K.R., Gómez-Ramírez, O., Worthington, C., Gilbert, M., & Grace, D. (2021). An institutional ethnography into the political and legislative factors shaping online health service implementation in Ontario, Canada. Critical Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2020.1854182
Gomez-Ramirez, O., MacKinnon, K.R., Bannar-Martin, S., Karlsson, M., Haag, D., Worthington, C., Gilbert, M. & Grace, D. (2021). Caught between HIV exceptionalism and health service integration: Making visible the role of public health policy in the scale-up of novel sexual health services. Health & Place, 72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102696
MacKinnon, KR, Kia, H & Lacombe-Duncan, A. (2021). Examining TikTok’s Potential for Community-Engaged Digital Knowledge Mobilization With Equity-Seeking Groups. Journal of Medical Internet Research 23(12). doi:10.2196/30315
MacKinnon, KR, Kia, H, Rai, N, Abramovich, A & Cheung, JJH (2021). Integrating trans health knowledge through instructional design: preparing learners for a continent – not an island – of primary care with trans people. Primary Care Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2021.1882885
MacKinnon, KR, Grewal, R, Tan, DHS, Rousseau, R, Maxwell, J, Walmsley, S, MacPherson, PA, Rachlis, A, Andany, N, Mishra, S, Allen, VG & Burchell, AN. Patient perspectives on the implementation of routinised syphilis screening with HIV viral load testing: Qualitative process evaluation of the Enhanced Syphilis Screening Among HIV-positive Men Trial. BMC Health Services Research (In Press).
MacKinnon, K.R., Mykhalovskiy, E., Worthington, C., Gómez-Ramírez, O., Gilbert, M. & Grace, D. (2021). Pay to skip the line: The political economy of digital testing services for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Social Science & Medicine 268, 113571
Kia H., MacKinnon K.R., Abramovich A. & Bonato S. (2021). Peer support as a protective factor against suicide in trans populations: A scoping review. Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114026
Kia, H, MacKinnon, KR, Abramovich, A & Bonato, S. (2021). Peer support as a protective factor against suicide in trans populations: A scoping review. Social Science & Medicine, 279.
MacKinnon, K.R., Ashley, F., Kia, H., Lam, J.H.S., Krakowsky, Y. & Ross, L.E. (2021). Preventing transition "regret": An institutional ethnography of gender-affirming medical care assessment practices in Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114477
MacKinnon, K.R., Guta, A., Voronka, J., Pilling, M., Williams, C.C., Strike, C. & Ross, L.E. (2021). The political economy of peer research: Mapping the possibilities and precarities of paying people for lived experience. British Journal of Social Work. DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa241
MacKinnon, K.R., Kia, H. & Lacombe-Duncan, A. (IN PRESS). Viewpoint: Examining TikTok’s potential for community-engaged, digital knowledge mobilization with equity-seeking groups. Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Kia. H., MacKinnon, K.R. & Coulombe, A. (2021). Where is the “T”? Centering trans voices in social work curriculum content addressing “LGBTQ+” issues. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.1969302
MacKinnon, K.R., Ross, L.E., Rojas Gualdron, D. & Ng, S.L. (2020). Introducing an online educational resource to teach health professionals ethical gender-affirming medicine skills: A design thinking project. Perspectives on Medical Education 9, 324-328.
MacKinnon, K.R., Grober, E. & Krakowsky, Y. (2020). Lost in transition?: Addressing the absence of quality surgical outcomes data on gender-affirming surgeries. Canadian Urology Association Journal 14(6), 157-158.
Rowland, P., MacKinnon, K.R., McNaughton, N. (2020). Patient involvement in medical education: To what problem is involvement the solution?. Medical Education. DOI: 10.1111/medu.14200
MacKinnon, K.R., Grace, D., Ng, S.L., Sicchia, S., & Ross, L.E. (2020). “I don’t think they thought I was ready”: How pre-transition assessments create care inequities for trans people with complex mental health issues in Canada. International Journal of Mental Health 49(1), 56-80.
MacKinnon, K.R., Ng, S.L., Grace, D., Sicchia. S. & Ross, L.E. (2019). Protocols as curriculum?: Learning health advocacy skills by working with transgender patients in the context of gender-affirming medicine. Advances in Health Sciences Education 25(1), 7-18.
MacKinnon, K.R. (2018). Pathologising trans people: Exploring the roles of trans patients and medical personnel. Theory in Action 11(4), 74-96.
Caravaca-Morera, J.M., Bennington, M., Williams, C., MacKinnon, K., & Ross, L.E.
(2017). Contemporalis homo sacer: Barriers to accessing healthcare services for trans
populations. Texto Contexto Enferm 26(3), DOI: 10.1590/0104-07072017003710016
Kia, H., MacKinnon, K.R. & Legge, M. (2016). In pursuit of change: Conceptualizing the social work response to LGBTQ microaggressions in health settings. Social Work in Healthcare 55(10), 806-825.
MacKinnon, K.R, Tarasoff, L. A., & Kia, H. (2016). Predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors of trans-positive clinical behavior change: A summary of the literature. International Journal of Transgenderism 17(2), 83-92.
MacKinnon, K.R. (2011). Thinking about queer theory in social work education: A pedagogical (in)query. Canadian Social Work Review 28(1), 139-144.
MacKinnon, K.R., Mykhalovskiy, E., Worthington, C., Gómez-Ramírez, O., Gilbert, M. & Grace, D. (2020). Laboratory services funding & digital HIV/STI testing. Digital Sexual Health Initiative. Fact Sheet. https://dishiresearch.ca/resource/pay-to-skip-the-line-the-political-economy-of-digital-testing-services-for-hiv-and-other-sexually-transmitted-infections-2/
MacKinnon, K.R., Gómez-Ramírez, O., Worthington, C., Gilbert, M. & Grace, D. (2020). Mapping the Structural Context for Future Internet-Based Testing Service Implementation in Ontario. Digital Sexual Health Initiative. Fact sheet. https://dishiresearch.ca/resource/an-institutional-ethnography-of-political-and-legislative-factors-shaping-online-sexual-health-service-implementation-in-ontario-canada/
MacKinnon, K.R. (May 12, 2016). “LGBTQ health research-to-action on the international day against homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia”. DLSPH Student Blog. Invited article. www.dlsph.utoronto.ca
MacKinnon, K.R. (April 20, 2016). “How LGBT fitness can help us overcome collective trauma.” The Advocate. https://www.advocate.com/health/2016/4/20/how-fitness-can-help-us-overcome-collective-trauma
MacKinnon, K.R. (January 29, 2016). “New IOC rules could completely change the game for trans athletes.” The Advocate. https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/1/29/new-ioc-rules-completely-change-game-trans-athletes
MacKinnon, K.R. (June 19, 2015). “From picnics to pride diets: Considering body image for LGBTQ communities.” National Eating Disorder Information Centre. https://nedic.ca/blog/from-picnics-to-pride-diets-considering-body-image-for-lgbtq-communities/
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | GS/SOWK5912 3.0 | M | Transformative Approaches in Mental Heal | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/SOWK3070 3.0 | N | Foundations of Social Work Research | SEMR |
Kinnon Ross MacKinnon is a social scientist who studies transgender medicine, including how sexual and gender minority populations access and experience hormonal/surgical interventions. Drawing from critical theoretical and empirical training, Kinnon's research investigates the social and structural dimensions of care delivery. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed academic papers and book chapters, including within the British Journal of Social Work, the BMJ, Critical Public Health, Social Science and Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Kinnon's social work practice background includes support group facilitation in the areas of gender-affirming surgery, queer/trans youth, and eating disorders. In 2023, he was recognized by York University with a Research Leaders award.
Prior to joining YorkU as Assistant Professor, Kinnon completed a BA in gender studies (St. Mary's University), a BSW (York University), an MSW (Toronto Metropolitan University), and a PhD in Public Health Sciences (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto).
Degrees
PhD, University of TorontoMSW, Toronto Metropolitan University (Ryerson)
BSW, York University
BA, Saint Mary's University
Research Interests
Awards
Current Research Projects
-
Summary:
Funded by a SSHRC Insight grant, this mixed-methods study will examine experiences of detransition in Canada and the United States.
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal Investigator
Start Date:
- Month: Sep Year: 2023
End Date:
- Month: Sep Year: 2025
Funders:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
-
Summary:
Funded by a SSHRC Connection grant, our team objectives are to share recent research, engage in dialogue, and to develop a community-engaged and data-driven support resource on detransition/retransition. This resource will offer information to support care providers, organizations and people with experiences of detransition. Our goal is to translate and mobilize data-driven knowledge to understand and to address this gap in gender care.
To achieve this goal, we held a public symposium and community consultation at York University in November 2022. We disseminated and discussed the results of two discreet studies conducted in 2021-2022—led by different Canadian research teams—the Re/DeTrans Canada study and the Detrans Discourses study. We gathered and analyzed feedback from detrans/retrans, trans, nonbinary, and other gender minority groups, along with other end knowledge users such as care providers and 2SLGBTQ organizations.
As demonstrated by both studies’ results, people need more supports when shifting or reversing a gender transition as they negotiate complex social/community relations, health and/or legal systems, misunderstanding and stigma surrounding detransition. Some detransitioners have complicated feelings such as regret about past medical decisions or medical/surgical complications, grief about their transitioned body, and new forms of gender dysphoria (e.g., “reverse dysphoria”). Individuals may require a mixture of psychological and community-based social supports (e.g., a therapeutic environment to explore and clarify identity), as well as primary healthcare (e.g., support in stopping or changing hormones), together with nuanced appreciation for the experiences of detransition.
Our symposium presentations are available here: https://www.youtube.com/@redetranscanada
Description:Our full project team includes:
Drs. Kinnon R. MacKinnon, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, June Lam, Lori Ross, Hannah Kia, Melanie Millette, and Olivier Turbide, together with PhD candidates Ariel Gould and Florence Ashley
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal Investigator
Start Date:
- Month: Jul Year: 2022
End Date:
- Month: Jul Year: 2023
-
Summary:
The Re/DeTrans Canada study is a qualitative, interview-based study led by Dr. Kinnon MacKinnon (Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, York University). The project seeks to build knowledge and supports for detransitioners, retransitioners, people who stop transitioning, and those who experience shifts in gender identity after initiating a gender transition. The full research team is composed of Drs. Alex Abramovich, Hannah Kia, Travis Salway, Ashley Lacombe-Duncan, Lori Ross, along with PhD candidate, Florence Ashley and research assistant, Gabriel Enxuga
Description:Our study objective is to examine how people experience shifts in gender identity, transition and detransition processes (social, legal, medical), and overall healthcare needs. We also aim to develop better guidance for care providers who work with trans, detransitioned, and other gender diverse populations who change the direction of their gender transitions. This project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Insight Development).
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal investigator
Start Date:
- Month: Aug Year: 2021
End Date:
- Month: Aug Year: 2023
-
Summary:
This project responds to care providers' needs for information on detransition. The objectives of this project are as follows:
• To identify the psychosocial support needs of people who detransition;
• To develop recommendations for care providers who work in gender-affirming care (e.g., physicians, psychologists and social workers).
This project is funded by a York University SSHRC Explore grant.
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal investigator
Start Date:
- Month: Jun Year: 2021
End Date:
- Month: Jun Year: 2022
All Publications
MacKinnon, K.R. (2018). “Biopower and the medicalization of gender-variance: A foucauldian analysis of trans subjectivity.” In O. Gozlen (Ed). Current Critical Debates in the Field of Transsexual Studies: In Transition. Oxford, UK: Routledge.
MacKinnon, K.R. (2017). “An introduction to five exceptional trans athletes from around the world” in E. Anderson and A. Travers (Eds), Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport. New York: Routledge.
MacKinnon, K.R., Kia, H., Gould, W.A., Ross, L.E., Abramovich, A., & Lam, J.H.S. (2023). A typology of pathways to gender detransition: Considerations for care practices with transgender and gender-diverse people who stop or reverse their gender transition. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
Accepted and forthcoming
MacKinnon, KR, Gould, WA, Kia, H, Ashley, F, Enxuga, G & Ross, LE. (2022). (De)Transphobia: Examining the socio-politically driven gender minority stressors experienced by people who detransitioned. Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies.
Gould, W.A., MacKinnon, K.R., Lam, J.H.S., Abramovich, A. & Ross, L.E. (2023). Detransition narratives trouble the simple attribution of madness in transantagonistic contexts: A qualitative analysis of 16 Canadians’ experiences. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09838-0
MacKinnon, KR, Exposito-Campos, P, WA Gould. (2023). Detransition needs further understanding, not controversy. The BMJ, 381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-073584
Kia, H., MacKinnon, KR., Goncu, K. (2022). Harnessing the lived experience of trans and gender diverse people as practice knowledge in social work: A standpoint analysis. Affilia. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099221142040
MacKinnon, KR, Kia, H, Salway, T, Ashley, F, Lacombe-Duncan, A., Abramovich, A., Enxuga, G. & Ross, LE. (2022) Healthcare experiences of patients discontinuing or reversing prior gender-affirming treatments. JAMA Network Open 5(7)
Kinitz, D., MacKinnon, K, Kia, H, MacEachen, E, Gesink, D, Ross, L. (2022). Mapping low-wage and precarious employment among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries: A scoping review protocol. University of Toronto Journal of Public Health 3(2). https://doi.org/10.33137/utjph.v3i2.37455
Verbeek, W, Baici, W, MacKinnon, KR, Zaheer, J & Lam, SHJ. (2022). “Mental Readiness” and Gatekeeping in Trans Healthcare. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437221102725
MacKinnon, K.R., Gómez-Ramírez, O., Worthington, C., Gilbert, M., & Grace, D. (2021). An institutional ethnography into the political and legislative factors shaping online health service implementation in Ontario, Canada. Critical Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2020.1854182
Gomez-Ramirez, O., MacKinnon, K.R., Bannar-Martin, S., Karlsson, M., Haag, D., Worthington, C., Gilbert, M. & Grace, D. (2021). Caught between HIV exceptionalism and health service integration: Making visible the role of public health policy in the scale-up of novel sexual health services. Health & Place, 72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102696
MacKinnon, KR, Kia, H & Lacombe-Duncan, A. (2021). Examining TikTok’s Potential for Community-Engaged Digital Knowledge Mobilization With Equity-Seeking Groups. Journal of Medical Internet Research 23(12). doi:10.2196/30315
MacKinnon, KR, Kia, H, Rai, N, Abramovich, A & Cheung, JJH (2021). Integrating trans health knowledge through instructional design: preparing learners for a continent – not an island – of primary care with trans people. Primary Care Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2021.1882885
MacKinnon, KR, Grewal, R, Tan, DHS, Rousseau, R, Maxwell, J, Walmsley, S, MacPherson, PA, Rachlis, A, Andany, N, Mishra, S, Allen, VG & Burchell, AN. Patient perspectives on the implementation of routinised syphilis screening with HIV viral load testing: Qualitative process evaluation of the Enhanced Syphilis Screening Among HIV-positive Men Trial. BMC Health Services Research (In Press).
MacKinnon, K.R., Mykhalovskiy, E., Worthington, C., Gómez-Ramírez, O., Gilbert, M. & Grace, D. (2021). Pay to skip the line: The political economy of digital testing services for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Social Science & Medicine 268, 113571
Kia H., MacKinnon K.R., Abramovich A. & Bonato S. (2021). Peer support as a protective factor against suicide in trans populations: A scoping review. Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114026
Kia, H, MacKinnon, KR, Abramovich, A & Bonato, S. (2021). Peer support as a protective factor against suicide in trans populations: A scoping review. Social Science & Medicine, 279.
MacKinnon, K.R., Ashley, F., Kia, H., Lam, J.H.S., Krakowsky, Y. & Ross, L.E. (2021). Preventing transition "regret": An institutional ethnography of gender-affirming medical care assessment practices in Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114477
MacKinnon, K.R., Guta, A., Voronka, J., Pilling, M., Williams, C.C., Strike, C. & Ross, L.E. (2021). The political economy of peer research: Mapping the possibilities and precarities of paying people for lived experience. British Journal of Social Work. DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa241
MacKinnon, K.R., Kia, H. & Lacombe-Duncan, A. (IN PRESS). Viewpoint: Examining TikTok’s potential for community-engaged, digital knowledge mobilization with equity-seeking groups. Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Kia. H., MacKinnon, K.R. & Coulombe, A. (2021). Where is the “T”? Centering trans voices in social work curriculum content addressing “LGBTQ+” issues. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.1969302
MacKinnon, K.R., Ross, L.E., Rojas Gualdron, D. & Ng, S.L. (2020). Introducing an online educational resource to teach health professionals ethical gender-affirming medicine skills: A design thinking project. Perspectives on Medical Education 9, 324-328.
MacKinnon, K.R., Grober, E. & Krakowsky, Y. (2020). Lost in transition?: Addressing the absence of quality surgical outcomes data on gender-affirming surgeries. Canadian Urology Association Journal 14(6), 157-158.
Rowland, P., MacKinnon, K.R., McNaughton, N. (2020). Patient involvement in medical education: To what problem is involvement the solution?. Medical Education. DOI: 10.1111/medu.14200
MacKinnon, K.R., Grace, D., Ng, S.L., Sicchia, S., & Ross, L.E. (2020). “I don’t think they thought I was ready”: How pre-transition assessments create care inequities for trans people with complex mental health issues in Canada. International Journal of Mental Health 49(1), 56-80.
MacKinnon, K.R., Ng, S.L., Grace, D., Sicchia. S. & Ross, L.E. (2019). Protocols as curriculum?: Learning health advocacy skills by working with transgender patients in the context of gender-affirming medicine. Advances in Health Sciences Education 25(1), 7-18.
MacKinnon, K.R. (2018). Pathologising trans people: Exploring the roles of trans patients and medical personnel. Theory in Action 11(4), 74-96.
Caravaca-Morera, J.M., Bennington, M., Williams, C., MacKinnon, K., & Ross, L.E.
(2017). Contemporalis homo sacer: Barriers to accessing healthcare services for trans
populations. Texto Contexto Enferm 26(3), DOI: 10.1590/0104-07072017003710016
Kia, H., MacKinnon, K.R. & Legge, M. (2016). In pursuit of change: Conceptualizing the social work response to LGBTQ microaggressions in health settings. Social Work in Healthcare 55(10), 806-825.
MacKinnon, K.R, Tarasoff, L. A., & Kia, H. (2016). Predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors of trans-positive clinical behavior change: A summary of the literature. International Journal of Transgenderism 17(2), 83-92.
MacKinnon, K.R. (2011). Thinking about queer theory in social work education: A pedagogical (in)query. Canadian Social Work Review 28(1), 139-144.
MacKinnon, K.R., Mykhalovskiy, E., Worthington, C., Gómez-Ramírez, O., Gilbert, M. & Grace, D. (2020). Laboratory services funding & digital HIV/STI testing. Digital Sexual Health Initiative. Fact Sheet. https://dishiresearch.ca/resource/pay-to-skip-the-line-the-political-economy-of-digital-testing-services-for-hiv-and-other-sexually-transmitted-infections-2/
MacKinnon, K.R., Gómez-Ramírez, O., Worthington, C., Gilbert, M. & Grace, D. (2020). Mapping the Structural Context for Future Internet-Based Testing Service Implementation in Ontario. Digital Sexual Health Initiative. Fact sheet. https://dishiresearch.ca/resource/an-institutional-ethnography-of-political-and-legislative-factors-shaping-online-sexual-health-service-implementation-in-ontario-canada/
MacKinnon, K.R. (May 12, 2016). “LGBTQ health research-to-action on the international day against homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia”. DLSPH Student Blog. Invited article. www.dlsph.utoronto.ca
MacKinnon, K.R. (April 20, 2016). “How LGBT fitness can help us overcome collective trauma.” The Advocate. https://www.advocate.com/health/2016/4/20/how-fitness-can-help-us-overcome-collective-trauma
MacKinnon, K.R. (January 29, 2016). “New IOC rules could completely change the game for trans athletes.” The Advocate. https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/1/29/new-ioc-rules-completely-change-game-trans-athletes
MacKinnon, K.R. (June 19, 2015). “From picnics to pride diets: Considering body image for LGBTQ communities.” National Eating Disorder Information Centre. https://nedic.ca/blog/from-picnics-to-pride-diets-considering-body-image-for-lgbtq-communities/
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | GS/SOWK5912 3.0 | M | Transformative Approaches in Mental Heal | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/SOWK3070 3.0 | N | Foundations of Social Work Research | SEMR |
